RightScanRightTime May 20, 2009
Posted by tomography in Diagnostic Imaging 2.0, Nuclear Medicine, Radiology.add a comment
I have come across a valuable website that is something the imaging community has been missing for some time. RightScanRightTime is a platform that encourages patients and physicians to share imaging stories, but it contains resources that may be useful for both patients and doctors:
Scan 101: This section explains briefly, but clearly what modalities are used today in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, so it is great for patient education.
Research: The site contains an easily-searchable data base of peer-reviewed research demonstrating the patient and economic value derived from medical imaging.
Stories of imaging: Here you, as a patient or as a doctor, can share your imaging story or read about someone else’s experience. I am sure this will help alleviate a lot of people’s fear of imaging modalities.
I highly recommed the site, though the Scan 101 section could be a little bit more detailed.
- Andras
Online Radiology Journals May 18, 2009
Posted by tomography in Internet, Journal, Nuclear Medicine, Radiology.3 comments
Péter Bágyi, a fellow Hungarian blogger, put together a long list of online available Radiology related journals:
Post updated: 26th June, 2009.
This is a great compilation, but if you believe that something is missing from this list, add your comment below!
- Andras
Neurology 2.0 on Webicina May 18, 2009
Posted by tomography in web 2.0.2 comments
(Image: Webicina.com)
I have just started my sixth and final clinical rotation in Neurology, that is why I was delighted to be notified about the latest Webicina package aimed at professionals.
Berci Meskó, author of Scienceroll and founder of Webicina put together another fantastic collection of Web 2.0 tools, this time in the field of Neurology.
My favorite is the collection of slideshows, which I am sure will help me prepare for my exam come the end of June.
You may find many more packages on Webicina aimed at patients and professionals as well.
- Andras
MONT Congress 2009 Debrecen May 16, 2009
Posted by tomography in Conference, Nuclear Medicine.add a comment
The 16th congress of the Magyar Orvostudományi Nukleáris Társaság (MONT – Hungarian Nuclear Medicine Society) is going to take place between the 2-4th of July, 2009 in Debrecen, Hungary.
I will give a presentation about how Web 2.0 may facilitate patient education, medical education and intercollegial communication within Nuclear Medicine. My presentation will focus on TomographyBlog, SEEKRadiology and NuklearisMedicina.hu, my blog, search page, and community site respectively.
Here is my abstract in English that will appear in Nuclear Medicine Review:
Novel opportunities in Nuclear Medicine provided by the Internet
András Székely, DEOEC ÁOK VI.
Background:
The birth of Web 2.0 opened a new chapter in the history of the Internet. Since 2004, a large number of services have been developed which emphasize collaboration, communication and creativity. Facilities provided by this „social Web” may be utilized in higher education and patient education. To examine these opportunities, we founded our diagnostic imaging blog, called Tomographyblog.com, in 2007. Later, we developed a search page and a community portal.
Materials and methods:
We registered our blog with a free service provider, and since then we have been informing our audience about the latest in diagnostic imaging. We hosted a four-week educational quiz in partnership with the University of Debrecen Nuclear Medicine Department during the Fall semester of 2007/2008. Our search page, SeekRadiology.com, puts all the relevant search engines in diagnostic imaging on an easy-to-use webpage. Our community site, NuklearisMedicina.hu, aims to provide information for patients and to facilitate learning, but it also offers content for professionals.
Results
Our blog is one of the most popular diagnostic imaging blogs with over 7000 visitors per month. The quiz got 561 visitors and 26 students sent in answers at least once. Traffic on SeekRadiology.com is around 150 per day, while NuklearisMedicina.hu is currently in beta testing.
Conclusion
Web 2.0 may facilitate medical education and it can help improve the efficiency of patient education as well. These opportunities may be employed in any area of medicine, but it is vital that doctors and other experts create this content.
Hope to see you at the conference, in fact, anybody who is reading this, and will attend the conference, please drop me a comment below!
- Andras
Diagnostic imaging community sites list update May 15, 2009
Posted by tomography in Community sites, Diagnostic Imaging 2.0, Nuclear Medicine, Radiology.2 comments
I have recently updated my list of community sites, and here are the changes to the original post:
A sense of community is an essential need of ours, and online social communities have made it easier for us to connect to, and stay in touch with people who are either important to us or share similar passions to ours, or both. So if your area of interest is diagnostic imaging, these online communities may be for you.
In order to participate in most communities, you must first create your own login name and password. This is necessary because there must be a way to indentify you if you write on a discussion board, or send short intranetwork messages to other users, and most communities also allow you to start your own blog within that particular community which also has to be connected to at least a login name.
What can you do on social community sites?
Connect:
- to old friends from residency and medical school
- to your next employer
Collaborate:
- Discuss, share, and see interesting cases with radiologists from around the world
- Share your research ideas and establish a new collaboration
- Find out the next time someone gives a lecture/CME on your area of interest
Get answers:
- Discuss the latest topics and turf battles of radiology
- Find another radiologist who can help with literally anything
- Find a mentor or a mentee
1. RadRounds.com, short for Radiology Rounds, is the largest social network site for Radiologist created by Radiologists. It is very similar to Facebook, MySpace and the others, but on a professional level. So it is the Tiromed of Radiologists. Members are either medical professionals, medical students, technicians, or programmers, so they are all somehow related to the field of Radiology.
2. RADiX.in : An Exclusive Online Radiology Community with over 2,200 registered members is the largest Radiology community in Asia, and the number 2 most visited Radiology community worldwide. It has a large collection of teaching files and videos.
3. Auntminnie.com is your Radiologist Aunt. “AuntMinnie provides a forum for radiologists, business managers, technologists, members of organized medicine, and industry to meet, transact, research, and collaborate on topics within the field of radiology with the ease and speed that only the Internet can provide. AuntMinnie features the latest news and information about medical imaging.”
4. Filmjacket.com is a website for all professionals affiliated with the field of radiology. You can post and browse radiology jobs, submit and read the latest radiology news, participate in discussion forums, read radiology-related articles and browse radiologic images and cases. Unfortunately Filmjacket is no longer available, but I will leave it in this list, because this was the very first community website dedicated to Radiology.
5. The object of CIDER is to contribute to the understanding of pulmonary radiology. It includes an e-Book on the basic concepts of pulmonary radiology, a Tutorial Section, a Case of The Month Section, a Show and Tell Section, a Boards Primer Section and a Benefactors Section. QUIZZ/GAMING features that reinforce the various concepts you have learned are available when considered appropriate.
6. In a world of advanced medical diagnostics, ultrasound remains a safe, reliable and affordable modality. It even has its own online community! SonoWorld is the ultrasound portal offering: images, lectures, study cases, product reviews, and conference information. A short registration procedure is required to access the collection.
7. DograRad is dedicated to all who teach, research, and promote education in ultrasound and other imaging modalities. Registered members can contribute interesting cases, share opinions and ideas, and make contacts for residencies and other opportunities in the practice of medical imaging.
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8. The latest community website for Radiologist is Radiolopolis. Connect to your peers, start a blog, upload your files, start a discussion. The options are virtually boundless. Check out why the Radiology blogosphere is raving about this site.
9. Radiologyforums is just what its name says, a large forum for Radiologists. You can start a discussion and create your own profile on this website.
10. Teleradiology Network is a forum for those interested in teleradiology and its global implications. Create your profile, add members to your groups, and start a discussion with a few clicks on this website. Since the topic is very specific this is a community site worth visiting from time to time.
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11. I saved a unique community for last. If you are ready to test not only your skills in Radiology but you would also like to navigate through a site in Russian, Radiomed is this editor’s choice.
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Eight things you did not know about the Internet May 13, 2009
Posted by tomography in Internet.add a comment
For our tech savvy readers I highly recommend this series of articles about the Internet and what is behind it.
It was born 40 years ago, in a lab at the University of California, Los Angeles. Today it wraps the entire planet and features in the daily routine of more than 1.5 billion people. Of course, it’s easy to take the internet for granted and forget that it’s very much a work in progress. So what forces are shaping it, how big has it grown, and will it ever evolve a mind of its own? To find out, New Scientist posed eight simple questions
- Andras
X-ray fun on Flickr May 9, 2009
Posted by tomography in X-ray, console.add a comment
I am a big fan of video games, and a couple years ago I had a see-through Gameboy. These rare x-ray images created by Reintji on Flickr, reminded me of those good old days, so I picked up the controller of my Wii and had some fun!
PS and XBOX fans will also find images of their favorite consoles on the following page.
- Andras
Customize your SEEKRadiology May 9, 2009
Posted by tomography in Radiology, SEEKRadiology.2 comments
There are all sorts of search engines that are pertinent to the field of diagnostic imaging such as Goldminer, RadiologySearch and YottaLook. But these are all on a different server with different URL’s so if you want to use all of them at once, you have to have 3 or more windows or tabs open. SeekRadiology is bound to solve just that problem. It is not a search engine in itself, but it is a clever use of some old HTML and new Java Script to ease your search needs.
And now, you can customize your very own SEEKRadiology! Just visit the site, and scroll down to “Customize your SeekRadiology!”
Click on the link, and you will be taken to the list of available search engines. You may edit this list easily by checking and unchecking the marks that appear to the left of the names of the engines.
If you type in a username, and revisit the site, your username will appear on the main page for two weeks.
I hope you will find these additions useful, and continue to use this search page.
- Andras
